The Bigger Picture

In today's episode, hosts DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht speak about Kendrick Lamar's GRAMMY nominations and they debate who should win each of the rap categories. They review new albums from Ab-Soul and A$AP Ferg and they debate how many classics Drake has along with the influence of Jay Z's 4:44 and Kendrick's Mr. Morale albums.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Marathon

8:00 - No Nuance

9:00 - Andre 3000 Album of the Year????

15:00 - Taylor Swift vs Kanye Story

24:45 - Kendrick’s GRAMMYs

36:00 - GRAMMY Snubs

39:50 - Best Rap Album of 2024?

45:30 - Best Rap Songs of 2024?

51:00 - Shaboozey vs. Kendrick

58:00 - Kendrick’s Acceptance Speech

1:02:00 - Elliott Apologizes to SZA

1:07:00 - Is Her Loss a Classic?

1:11:00 - How Many Classics Does Drake Have?

1:20 - Ab-Soul Album Review

1:30:00 - Ferg Album Review

1:35:00 - Mr. Morale’s Influence

1:41:00 - 4:44 Impact

1:50:30 - Spotlight

In Episode 25 which begins season 2 of The Bigger Picture, the hosts dive into the latest music news and album releases. They kick things off with the breaking news of Young Thug’s release, discussing its potential impact. They give their reviews of recent album drops fromFreddie Gibbs, Lil Uzi Vert, and Westside Gunn. Plus, they wrap up with a recap of Lil Wayne’s festival and its highlights.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Bigger Picture

9:00 - Drake & Future Clear Up

26:00 - DeMar DeRozan & Drake Controversy

40:00 - Young Thug Is Free!!!

51:00 - Freddie Gibbs Album

“We did get some music this week”

1:03:00 - West Side Gunn Album

“Westside Gunn dropped a new album”

1:18:00 - Lil Uzi Vert Album

1:22:00 - Spotlight

1:27:00 - Lil Weezyana Fest

On today’s episode TBP hosts review Tyler The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA album, they discuss Tyler’s status as a superstar and his sales. They give a review of EARTHGANG’s new album before discussing Lil Durk’s complicated case and the implications it has towards other street artists and the music industry as a whole. They pay tribute to DJ Clark Kent and Elliott drops a huge scoop about Drake & Future reuniting. Along the way the guys also toss some jokes about American History and Halloween.

The Bigger Picture hosts couldn’t stay out of the stories this week. From Cardi B inviting Elliott to the studio, to DJ Hed’s Ab-Soul interview where he cleared the air about J. Cole, to Jeremy clearing things up with TDE’s Punch. The guys were out in the mix this week also, attending Rapsody’s concert in LA where Jeremy’s spot was replaced and a Spotify Event where Jeremy pranked DJ Hed.

The guys talked about Kendrick Lamar’s “interview” with SZA for Harper’s BAZAAR magazine, Tyler the Creator’s album roll out, the state of Hip Hop Media, Akademiks crashing out at DJ Hed over his “Stay On Stream” comments and Elliott admits he was wrong about GKMC.

Today’s episode starts with the guys talking about Kendrick’s Broccoli snippet blowing up again after their last episode and F1 even using the song, Jeremy explains sparking a debate after TDE Punch replied to his tweet about Ab-Sould and J. Cole, Tyler The Creator announced a new album, they debate who has the greatest run in discography history, if we're ever getting another Frank Ocean album, Elliott minorly crashes out on Tommy Richman after The GRAMMY categories are announced, they review GloRilla's new album and Pharrell's new movie, talk about Kendrick sweeping the BET Hip Hop Awards and they of course give some spotlight to their favorite songs from the week.

In this episode DJ Hed, Jeremy Hecht and Elliott Wilson discuss J. Cole’s new song “Port Antonio” where he replied to critique about dropping out of the battle and addressed Drake (7:00), they breakdown the relationship between the former Big 3 (23:00), Elliott’s Big Sean cover story (50:00), DJ Hed’s back and forth with Tommy Richman about Hip Hop (56:00), Not Like Us reaching new chart milestones (1:18:00), Jeremy sends a DM to Kendrick (1:21:00), Travis Scott’s superstar status at Metlife Stadium (1:29:00) & more. The guys also reply to comments (1:56:00) and discuss their Halloween episode. The Bigger Pictuuuure!

On This Episode of The Bigger Picture debate show, DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson discuss the state of rap media and why people are looking into Drake’s following, LeBron being able to see the Future, Tee Grizzley & J. Cole’s new song and whether Cole has had the best feature run of all time while comparing to Jay’s and Lil Wayne’s features, JID dropped a new freestyle and they debate about if he can be a superstar, they try to name who the superstars are right now if you can’t name Kendrick, Cole, Future, Drake or Nicki Minaj, they debate who the current rap superstars are, Future might be in love and Jeremy wants a love album from him, they debate the best songs and albums of the 2020s so far after Pitchfork made a random list, The Weeknd’s new song with Playboi Carti, we went through DJ Hed’s IMDB, Reviews of Tommy Richman and Leon Thomas’ albums, the most influential one hit wonders, and question whether J. Cole, Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar should be more active participants in the culture. They close off with a spotlight and a celebration of 20 episodes.

DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht dive into the biggest topics in Hip Hop this week and debate things from different perspectives as always. DJ Hed starts off by talking about meeting CM Punk (2:00), Elliott mourns his relationships with Drake and Kendrick as Nothing Was The Same turns 11 (7:00), a new theory about Kendrick’s 6:16 in LA involving Mike Zombie emerges online (13:30), What’s The Dirt & Justin Hunte’s Hip Hop media exchange explained (17:10), Tommy Richman leaves his two biggest singles off of his debut album (24:00), the guys argue about if J. Cole can be the greatest rapper right now after bowing out of his battle with Kendrick (29:00), Daylyt calls in to talk about his new song with Cole, DJ Hed has a great story about Tyga’s “Taste” which just went Diamond (44:00), DJ Hed addresses why people may not like the West Coast (47:00), songs that may surprise you as being Diamond (53:00), Daylyt calls back to talk about his relationship with TDE and his working relationship with Drake (56:00). They review Future’s mixtape (1:20:00), and talk about balance and responsibility in the game (1:34:00), Jeremy gives a dramatic reading of Meek Mill’s best tweets (1:38:00), the guys give a spotlight to some new music (1:43:00), and Elliott has an issue with Metro Boomin’s latest interview (1:50:00).

In this episode, the guys couldn’t avoid the Diddy in the room. DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht discuss the ramifications of Diddy’s indictment, how it affects Hip Hop and how much further beyond Hip Hop it could go. Elliott even shares a wild story where Diddy told him to ask about Tupac (7:00). They talk about the one person who is loving all of the news, 50 Cent and DJ Hed actually used the word love for the first time (55:00). They talk about how much lyricism matters in today’s music, sparked by the editorial desk of Russ (1:00:000), Playboi Carti sounding like Future on “All Red” (1:04:00), reactions to Complex’s best rappers in their 20s list and DJ Hed even makes his own list (1:09:00). Elliott has a theory about Nicki Minaj’s album drop involving Cardi B (1:23:00), DJ Hed heard conflicting reports about Drake turning down the Super Bowl (1:15:000), Jeremy heard a theory about First Person Shooter that could add meaning to Kendrick’s Not Like Us lyrics about J. Cole (1:38:00) and of course, the guys give a spotlight to some artists they like right now (1:44:00). 

Kendrick Lamar dropped a new song Watch The Party D*e where he addresses the entire culture and the guys have a lot to say about it (4:00), they also discuss Kendrick’s Super Bowl pick and the reaction to Lil Wayne not getting the call, (25:00) They talk about Jay Z’s potential involvement and his weird relationship with Drake and Wayne over time (37:00), Kendrick’s potential set list (57:00), J. Cole & Drake’s current relationship after Cole hopped on A$AP Rocky’s new song (1:19:00), accountability hour (1:35:00) and of course they spotlight some of their favorite new artists (1:40:00). 

Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht discuss media rap beef, best media rappers, Big Sean’s album and the overall perception of Sean, Doechii’s album and the impact it’s going to have, they debate if artists should hold responsibility for what they say on songs if they don’t live it in real life, predictions for The Clipse new album and who they think will be the unknown feature, they remember Fatman Scoop including Jeremy’s insane introduction to him, and after finding out mid episode about the loss of Rich Homie Quan, the guys dedicate the last segment to remembering his life.

On Episode 15 of The Bigger Picture podcast, the guys talks about Elliott’s viral tweet about people’s favorite crash outs, DJ Hed replies to Akademik’s shots at him online, how to empowering people in media, Kendrick album rumors, the guys can’t go an episode without talking about Drake after he keeps dropping new music & gigs, what Jay Z did after the Nas battle, they discuss if beef changes the way they listen to music, how Meek moved after the Drake battle, the anniversary of Forever and the best posse cuts of all time, Kendrick and Drake’s lost collab, Chance The Rapper’s new songs, Big Sean’s new album, Juicy J’s jazz album, Cash Cobain’s wild lyrics and of course they give their spotlights.

On This Episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys show love to New York after Jeremy and Hed’s trips to the East Coast (0:00), Snoop Dogg reacted to TBP’s debate about him and Jay Z that had the timeline in shambles (6:30), 9th Wonder made DJ Hed change his mind (12:00), if we create a classic hip hop category (17:00), Drake charting on Billboard with his “leaks” (23:00), Jeremy apologizes to Dora Cat (27:00), the guys react to Tyler the Creator and Russ’s comments about new music and why some of the newer artists haven’t had as strong of a connection with their fans (29:00), DJ Hed has a take about Drake’s Pusha T battle (40:00), ScHoolboy Q shows in LA (50:00), Big rappers writing hits for others artists (53:00), best wrestling walk up songs (55:00), Complex’s Top 50 Atlanta rappers list (1:03:00), YG and The Game uniting LA (1:20:00) and of course they give their Spotlights (1:32:00). 

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys talk gave Elliott a rocking chair based on his Nicki Minaj spat from last week. Elliott wasn’t done talking about Drake’s 3 pack drop and the shots at A$AP Rocky, Mustard and The Weeknd (5:30). The guys review Latto’s album and discuss her place within the female rap world (16:00), the also discuss the landscape of female rappers and why there is so much competition within it (22:16). Pras dissed Lauryn Hill (48:00), if there should be a new category of adult contemporary hip hop (54:00), Jeremy had a controversial take about Kendrick’s Control verse (1:00:00), Hed & Elliott debate if Snoop Dogg is bigger than Jay Z culturally (1:22:00), Break dancing’s quick stint at the olympics (1:31:00), Jeremy breaks down the weird case against Kanye’s dentist (1:34:00), if being the best lyrical rapper matters today (1:38:00), and the Jeremy and Elliott debate Quavo’s new song with Lenny Kravitz (1:44:00), debating if Quavo and Offset can be solo stars (1:50:00), and of course they give their spotlights also (1:58:00).

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, Elliott starts off hot by going IN on Drake’s latest moves (2:00), the guys review the 100gig content drop from Drizzy and Certified Cover Boy found some things (10:00), Young Guru replied to Elliott with some info about Jay Z’s “Talk Up” verse (26:20), Elliott replied to Nicki Minaj’s latest shots (39:00), the guys give props to Parks from Joe Budden Podcast after snubbing him last episode, they give a review of Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2 (1:00:00), they look back at Watch The Throne after 13 years of its release (1:18:00), Jeremy reacts to his Charlamagne Tha God shoutout (1:24:00), the guys talk about getting respect from their idols in the game (1:26:30), DJ Hed breaks down album sales and DJ Mustard vs Gordo (1:34:00), and the guys spotlight some of their favorite albums and songs (1:50:00)

Listen to all of the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3U7KVeE7pdGhp2QME2DMIP?si=5c64ed6ea6944d76

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On this episode of The Bigger Picture podcast with Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht, the guys talk about Joe Budden calling Jeremy that white boy (1:00), Drake and Toronto cancelling Sir and Schoolboy Q’s concerts (10:00), Elliott and DJ Hed’s frustrations with Lil Yachty (26:00), what if Kendrick disappears again (32:00), the guys review DJ Mustard’s album (42:00), Ice Spice’s album and her place (48:00), Mike Will Made It’s run as a producer (1:01:00), Lil Wayne’s best features (1:04:00), DJ Hed and Elliott have Jeremy list his favorite songs with the N word in the title (1:20:00), the guys try to make a top 10 rappers list (1:29:00).

On Episode 10 of The Bigger Picture Hip Hop Debate Show, Elliott Wilson, Jeremy Hecht & DJ Hed discuss Jeremy’s trip to Toronto and visit to New Ho King (3:00), Drake’s Lil Yachty leak and Yachty as a producer (7:00), J. Cole’s spot within the greatest convo (18:00), Lil Wayne’s features and new Cordae album (24:00), Childish Gambino vs. Drake, DJ Hed asked Elliott Wilson about his issues with Charlamagne Tha God (43:00), Hed confirms some songs on Vultures 2 leak are real (1:02:00), GloRilla’s current run (1:18:00), Cardi B’s message to her competition (1:24:00) & they give flowers for new music (1:26:00)

The Bigger Picture gets exclusive information from Big Sean about his recent freestyle. Non-journalist DJ Hed spoke with Sean and clarified his bars were not about Kendrick Lamar, but they may be about Kanye West. The panel of Elliott Wilson, Jeremy Hecht and DJ Hed discuss Big Sean’s place in the game, his history with Kendrick, how J. Cole can reach the top spot (16:30), Sean’s current relationship with Ye, Kanye’s DONDA album, the guys review Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady (36:00), Elliott’s new Top 5 Artists All Time (49:00), Ab-Soul’s new music (1:02:00), DJ Hed’s inability to express love verbally (1:20:00) & the dynamic between Hed, Jeremy and Elliott.

The Bigger Picture reacts to Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us music video, Childish Gambino replies to Elliott Wilson's critique with some new bars, Big Sean responded to the last podcast, if Ab-Soul was baiting Drake out of rap silence, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Ye's catalogue and more. Elliott Wilson also reacts to being Top 5 on Complex's media power rankings list.

In another episode of The Bigger Picture the guys keep it about the music.